I don't have the answers to your questions, but had a similar situation with finding a baby bird floating in the Charles River. I picked it up out of the water, but then didn't know what to do with it. Finally....after a long time trying to find someone who could tell me what what I should do or where I could take it, I was sternly told to put it back where I found it and the mother would hopefully find it. Well, putting it back where I found it sounded like a rather bad idea, but it did make sense to put it on shore as close as possible to where I found it (as it could hop around a fly a little bit). But, there was a little bit of current, so I wasn't sure exactly where it came from. Anyway, was wondering if you had any luck with calling someone about what to do? Gay